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J. M. EDMUNDS.

SAD IRON.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Orrrcs.

JOHN M. EDMUNDS, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GOVERNEUR M. FORBES, OF SAME PLACE.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,657, dated April 18, 1882,

Application filed May 18, 1881.

To all whom tt may concern:

Beitknown that I, JouN MARION EDMUNDs,

of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and Territory of Utah, have invented a new 5 and Improved Sad-Iron, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of my invention is a steam-heated sad-iron in which the steam is generated by means of a lamp that is supplied with oil T or burning-fluid from a reservoir formed in the handle; and my invention consists, first, in having the body of the iron made in two separate hollow parts, arranged one above the other, connected by intercommunicating tubes,

I and constituting water and steam chambers,

respectively, the tubes projecting upward inside the watcr-chamber to near the top thereof; and, second, in combining with the aforesaid parts a receptacle for a lamp, all as will be hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved sad-iron on the line 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same on the line g y ot'I ig. 1.

The sad-iron is composed of a lower chamber, A, the bottom B of which is the smoothing-surface of the sad-iron, and of an upper compartment, 0, connected with the lower chamber, A, by a series of tubes, D, screwed 0 into the top E of the same, and also screwed into the bottom F-ot' the upper chamber, 0, and extending almost to the top H of the same, or above the water-line, so that only steam will escape to the steam chamber below.

This upper chamber is provided on its top with a vent, J, for pouring water or other fluid into this chamber, which vent is closed by means of a screw-cap, K. This upper cham her is provided with a safety-valve, L, project- 0 ing from the side and consisting of an externally-threaded tube, which is screwed into the wall of the chamber, and upon the outer end of which tube a thin plate, M, of metal, preferably copper, is placed and is held thereon 5 by a cap, N, with a central orifice, O. The

safety-valve projects from the side of the chamber C, so that the escaping steam cannot scald the hands of the operator. A hollow handle, P, provided with solid shanks Q Q, is secured (No model.)

to the top H of the upper chamber, 0, and this hollow part of the handle is provided with a vent, It, for admitting oil or other suitable burning-fluid into the same, and this vent is closed by means of a screw-cap, S. A tube, T, provided with a regulating-cock, U, is screwed into the lower part of the hollow handle P and passed down to the top E of the lower chamber, A, and along the same to a lamp, V, contained in a recess, in the top E of the lower chamber. This lamp is provided with some suitable burner, Y.

The operation is as follows: The upper chamher, 0, is filled with water almost to the top of the tubes 1), and the screw-cap K is screwed firmly into the vent J. The hollow handle P is filled with oil, alcohol, or some other suitable burning-liquid, and the cock U is opened more or less to allow the liquid to pass from the hollow handle P through the tube T in such quantities as the lamp V may require. The wick of the lamp is ignited and heats the water in the chamber 0, and this water is converted into steam, which passes through the tubes D D, as indicated by the arrows, into the lower chamber, A, and heats the same in 7 a very short time. The condensation-water collects in the chamber A. If the pressure of the steam in the chambers rises above a certain degree, it will burst the metal plate M of the safety-valve L, and escapes through the vent O of the nut N. A fresh plate, M, must then be fastened on the end of the tube L. This sad-iron can be heated very rapidly. It does not soil the articles that are ironed nor the hands of the operator, as it does not come in contact with a stove or grate. It is very economical, as no heat is wasted, as is the case if the irons are heated on a stove. If the condensation-water is to be removed from the chamber A, the screw Z and the top E of the lower compartment, A, are removed. The liqaid in the hollowhandle P keeps the same cool.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. In a steam heated sad-iron, the water- 5 chamber 0, supported above and connected to the steam-chamber A, which forms the bottom of the iron, by screw-threaded tubes D Dpass ing through an intermediate heating-space and projecting inside the chamber 0 to near the top thereof, whereby only steam is allowed to escape into the steam-chamber, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The steam-chamber A, provided with a recess, V, formed in its top plate to receive a lamp,V, in combination with the Water-chamber G and tubes D, the latter being arranged one near the nose and the other two near the 10 Eeel of the iron as and for the purpose speci- J. M. EDHUNDS. Witnesses:

A. M. l\IUSSER-, J12, G. M. FORBES. 

